Word: suburban
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fact, on the West Coast, where billiard gentrification has yet to catch on, the large, established pool halls cater to families. Says manager Mort Brock of Tommy T's in suburban Portland, Ore.: "Pool has cleaned up its act. A lot of people come in here and say, 'Gee, we can't believe there's a place like this...
BOEING. Nearly every day, a silvery aluminum-skinned Boeing airliner rolls out of one of the company's four giant hangars in suburban Seattle and is sprayed with the colors of its new owner: red and blue for American, yellow and blue for Lufthansa, emerald green for Aer Lingus. The world's largest aircraft manufacturer (a record $29 billion in orders this year, up from $20 billion in 1987) is stepping up production, from 25 jetliners a month...
...decade ago, it was easy to name America's best-known historic homes. They were Monticello and Mount Vernon. But since it opened to the public in 1982, Elvis' place in suburban Whitehaven, a 30-minute drive from downtown Memphis, has attracted more than 3 million visitors. That figure makes it one of the top house attractions in the U.S. This year alone, some 640,000 people will visit Graceland, and in the process they will spend more than $10 million on tickets, food and souvenirs...
About 56 teachers submitted proposals to the Partnership and among those chosen were a project to encourage interaction between bilingual and English-speaking students and a pen pal program between the Peabody school and a suburban elementary school...
...said his wife Lori. Milken and Lori, who was his high school sweetheart, live quietly with their three children (Greg, 15, Lance, 12, Bari, 7) in Encino. Their five-bedroom house, which might sell for $3 million, was once occupied by Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. It is a suburban idyll trimmed by red and white Impatiens, finished inside with dark oak paneling and filled with photographs of the children...